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[Sir Tigger KC]

Orion 1.6i ghia

Same here!    Mine used to randomly jump out of gear, which was a bit disconcerting when overtaking!   

[Viral_Jim]

I can see I'm of the wrong generation to really compete in this thread.

Most of the sh!t you guys were forced to drive was recategorised as "modern classic" by the time I was on the road!

 

[TheBoy]

I had a Triumph Acclaim....

...but it was actually quite alright. Not the best handling, not the quickest either. But a decent little runner.

[Bigron]

This thread will deffo run and run!
Ok, lots to choose from, but the main contendersm would be a Citroen GSA with nearr-zero accessibility for routine maintenance and a likiing for rust,  or a Volvo 460 diseasel (NOT the hairdressers' car!)  with the Renaul engine/gearbox. That car first let me down by breaking a cambelt, then had a passion for breaking gearboxes.....

Ron.

[Lazydocker]

Oooh... Peugeot 104 has to be up there 

[Nick W]

I had a Triumph Acclaim....

...but it was actually quite alright. Not the best handling, not the quickest either. But a decent little runner.

Just like buying a Honda

[TheBoy]

I had a Triumph Acclaim....

...but it was actually quite alright. Not the best handling, not the quickest either. But a decent little runner.

Just like buying a Honda

Yup, I think the only change BL made was to put in bigger, more comfortable seats, as the UK clientele had fatter arses than the japs....

[Gaffers]

Renault 25.  Biggest POS ever built.

[Nick W]

Renault 25.  Biggest POS ever built.

There are a lot of serious contenders for that title!

[martin341]

Ford Transit 2,4td, rwd, '00. Total crap, gets stuck everywhere, body is one big chunck of rust thats painted. And who the f*ck thought let's put a key lock for opening bonnet What's wrong with the cabel like on normal cars? Took me 3 hours to get it open, and i had to do Jezza with a big(ish) hammer. Lights totally useless and the list goes on and on....
I cross my fingers it will NOT pass mot in september.

BUT on the plus side. It's damn fun on icetrack

[Mr Gav]

Ford Fiesta 1.3 Ghia was the worst I`ve owned, hand painted black with the worst gearbox ratios I`ve ever had the misfortune to use.
It almost seized on the M62 on the way back from Hull one night and wouldn`t start on the key after that so we had to tow start it around Morrissons car park and take it to the scrappers 

[YZ250]

The biggest heap I had, although very reliable and in fairness it was a second car, was my old mini van. I fitted the longer stroke engine from an Austin 1300GT in to it and treated it...... errrr, very badly. It was a sacrificial vehicle used as my teenage stunt vehicle.  The valve stem rubber seals used to ride up the stems so I had the ability to back off in gear for a few yards and then floor it to smoke out the person behind.
My most unreliable car for poor starting was definately my Cortina MK3. The gear stick came off in my hand if I did aggressive gear changes.

[Nick W]

My most unreliable car for poor starting was definately my Cortina MK3. The gear stick came off in my hand if I did aggressive gear changes.

They all did that! Everyone who has driven a Ford hard will have suddenly punched the dash holding a gearlever

[Varche]

Hilman Imp without a shadow of doubt. It was cheap for a reason. Well maybe a hundred different reasons.

The best was a Ford Pop when I was 12. Once started it ran on any fuel and was the only car I have ever owned that you could select reverse when doing about thirty miles an hour.

[frostbite]

98 rover 214. Dizzy roter kept burning out. Front window winder folded up in the door

93 toyota hilux surf 2.4td. Absolutely junk so slow I was being overtaken by hgv's uphill